Camp Nelson Earthworks

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Earthworks constructed by impressed slave laborers protected Camp Nelson against potential attacks. Many of those fortifications survive today. Photograph courtesy of Tim Talbott.

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By Sanders
Two historical markers--#1515 and #2222---commemorate Camp Nelson in Jessamine County, where most of the state's United States Colored Troops were recruited during the Civil War. Established near…